Viking Age

What country is this?

• Finland

• Belarus

• Iceland

• Sweden

What country is this?

• Sweden

• Norway

• Ukraine

• Czech Republic

What country is this?

• France

• Poland

• Sweden

• Iceland

Where did the Vikings come from?

• Ireland
• Scandanavia
• France
• Australia

Why were the long ships so effective?

• They could carry a lot of loot from raids.
• They could travel in shallow water and were really fast.
• They could carry a lot of people.
• They were unsinkable

Vikings were ___________________.

• atheists
• monotheistic
• polytheistic

The Viking alphabet was called Futhark. The letters were called _______________ because they were found carved in wood or stones.

• legends
• runes
• sagas

Vikings believed their gods all lived in a place called _______________________.

• Asgard
• Mt. Olympus
• Parthenon

The Vikings chief god that rode an eight-legged horse was ______________________.

• Loki
• Odin
• Thor

What is another name for the Viking and what does the term mean?

• Novgar

  or man of the sea

• Norse

  Men of the North

• Rus

  Men of the land

• Dane

  men of the stars